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Hellesto, Norway

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Rogaland, the wider area. Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Hellesto

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces W (257°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (77°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 5°C in March, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). The town to stay in is Sola, 6.9 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SVG, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → SVG · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Hellesto.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Sola · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Sola · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct564 ft8 shollow171kJ11°C
Mon 19Oct463 ft9 shollow136kJ12°C
Tue 20Oct593 ft11 shollow271kJ12°C
Wed 21Oct494 ft5 smushy70kJ12°C
Thu 22Oct453 ft5 smushy40kJ12°C
Fri 23Oct252 ft5 smushy17kJ11°C
Sat 24Oct353 ft5 smushy42kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct185 ft7 smushy245kJ8°C
Mon 26Oct010 ft9 smushy1,478kJ9°C
Tue 27Oct185 ft8 smushy290kJ9°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to SVG, changing at AMS, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Point seldom

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Hellesto

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Hellesto

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Hellesto

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SVG, changing at AMS, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Sola each day: Hellesto, Point seldom.

The trip from Sola, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £825–£1,580 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SVG, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£815
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£825–£1,580

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Sola

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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